The Family Tourist: Or A Visit to the Principal Cities of the Western Continent...with Sketches of Events, Connected with Their Military History
by Goodrich, Charles A
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Hartford, Connecticut: Philemon Canfield, 1839. First edition, 1839. Early guide to tourism mainly in the United States but also Mexico and South America, illustrated with 18 full page engravings, Worn copy in full brown leather with gilt spine lettering and decoration, 549 pages. Covers rubbed and spotted, vertical crack to spine but binding basically sound, one four-page section partially loosened and worn at the edges, moderate to occasionally heavy foxing throughout, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 037038
- Title
- The Family Tourist: Or A Visit to the Principal Cities of the Western Continent...with Sketches of Events, Connected with Their Military History
- Author
- Goodrich, Charles A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Philemon Canfield
- Place of Publication
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1839
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- AMERICAN US CITIES TOURISM
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History and Biography; Travel & Exploration, International Culture;
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